So I had an egg under a broody that looked to have another 8 days till hatch although she had been on it for a while. It was certainly alive. Long story short broody had 5 eggs and some eggs kept getting moved to the next door nesting box. ( I have no clue how) well for a good long while broody has been sitting on this egg. I have ever hatched an egg before and long story short the eggs were forgotten under broody by a friend who was caring for them. Well today I went to check for it, and broody was dust bathing in the run and the nesting box had a ceramic egg ( which has been there all along) and nothing else. I looked behind, around, and dug through the shavings. Broody came in and got back on her nest. I dug apart the coop, checked the whole run and even looked outside the run for evidence of a broken egg or blood or anything, but there is nothing. The nesting box was perfectly clean. Any thoughts? These are the last pics I took of the egg.
